{"id":111642,"date":"2022-04-23T05:58:41","date_gmt":"2022-04-23T05:58:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/why-does-my-cat-cry-when-pooping-2\/"},"modified":"2022-04-23T05:58:41","modified_gmt":"2022-04-23T05:58:41","slug":"why-does-my-cat-cry-when-pooping-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/why-does-my-cat-cry-when-pooping-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Why does my cat cry when pooping?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Why does my cat cry when pooping?<\/h2>\n<p>1. Protection x26amp; Vulnerability. If you are in the same area where your cat is using its litterbox, or merely outside while your cat does its business in the yard, the most common explanation for your cat to meow before defecating is that <b>they are trying to communicate to you that they require protection from you<\/b><\/p>\n<h2>Why is my cat in pain pooping?<\/h2>\n<p>Chronic diseases that can result in constipation in cats include kidney disease, diabetes, and hyperthyroidism. <b>Ruptured or impacted anal sacs may also cause your cat pain with defecation and may result in constipation. Cats eating dry food diets are predisposed to dehydration and constipation as well.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2>How do you tell if a cat is straining to poop?<\/h2>\n<p><b>Common signs your cat may be constipated include:<\/b><\/p>\n<li>Hard, dry poop.<\/li>\n<li>Straining\/yowling in the litter box.<\/li>\n<li>Lethargy.<\/li>\n<li>More frequent litter box trips (with nothing to show for it)<\/li>\n<li>Loss of appetite.<\/li>\n<li>Hard abdomen.<\/li>\n<li>Vomiting.<\/li>\n<li>Hiding.<\/li>\n<p>29-Mar-2021<\/p>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Why does my cat cry when pooping? 1. Protection x26amp; Vulnerability. If you are in the same area where your cat is using its litterbox, or merely outside while your cat does its business in the yard, the most common explanation for your cat to meow before defecating is that they are trying to communicate&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"spay_email":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-111642","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111642"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=111642"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111642\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=111642"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=111642"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=111642"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}